Organising Covid-19 camps not a cakewalk

Several camps are being held at Nawanshahr in different areas where the samples of Covid are being taken. But in several areas, the health authorities have to face opposition from the residents of the area. Today, a camp was to be held in Gujjarpur Colony, but residents there refused to give their samples. “Earlier, we had held the camp at Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar, but the people there indulged in arguments with us and even denied giving their samples for the Covid test. The stigma is still there and we are facing several challenges in doing our work. But, this is our duty to hold camps and tell people that how important it is to be aware and get themselves tested to avoid problems at later stage,” Tarsem Lal, Block Extension Educator.

Food safety team on a mission

The food safety teams have started conducting surprise check with the onset of festive season in Nawanshahr. Recently, a sweets shop was raised by the food safety team and it was found the rules of making the sweets under the Food Safety Act was being violated. The officials said the shop owner was selling old sweets such as barfi, laddoos to the customers and the entire workspace was unhygienic. The owner was served notice under Section 32 of the Food Safety Act. As per the information, 50 samples have been taken and 11 notices have been sent till now.

Police Commemoration Day observed

The Nawanshahr police led by SSP, Alka Meena, today, observed the Police Commemoration Day parade, here at the District Police headquarter to pay tributes to the martyrs belonging to police and Para Military Forces. As many as 27 police jawans and officials of the district had laid down their lives while fighting against militancy and contributed towards restoring peace, harmony, law and order in the state,” said SSP Alka Meena, while adding that during this period, a total of 1,785 police personnels and 262 of their family members sacrificed their lives to face the anti national forces bravely. She said the Police Commemoration Day was observed to re-assure the dependents of the martyrs that the Police Department and the society would not only remain indebted to the sacrifices made by the police martyrs but would also stand by them.

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